Plane crashes into hangar outside Dallas, killing 10

DALLAS — All 10 people aboard a small plane died Sunday morning when it crashed into a hangar on takeoff at an airport about 20 miles from Dallas, authorities say.

The twinengine Beechcraft BE350 King Air was destroyed by flames after it crashed at 9:10 a.m. local time at Addison Municipal Airport, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn Lunsford said.

Addison spokeswoman Mary Rosenbleeth confirmed there were no survivors on the plane. The hangar was not occupied at the time of the crash.

Details of the flight’s manifest have not been released, but FlightAware.com showed a Beechcraft Super King Air had been scheduled to depart about 9 a.m. for St. Petersburg, Fla.

The names of the people who died were not released while officials worked to notify their families, Rosenbleeth said.

Dallas County is helping the city of Addison set up a family assistance center for people affected by the crash, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said.

“It's a very sad day for Dallas County,” he said. “My prayers are with the families we’re notifying about this tragedy.”

An official with the medical examiner’s office said they could not release any information on the crash Sunday evening.

Officials had offered no details about what led to the crash, but CBS News reported that sources said the plane had lost an engine and banked left immediately upon takeoff.

Addison fire spokesman Edward Martelle said the plane was taking off at the south end of the airport and had just lifted off the runway when it veered left, dropped its left wing and went into the hangar.

Martelle said authorities hadn’t confirmed who owned the plane.

FAA investigators were at the crash site Sunday afternoon and the National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending a crew to the scene. “The NTSB will be in charge of the investigation,” Lunsford said.

UT Southwestern medical vehicles could be seen coming and going from the airport, which was closed for about 45 minutes after the crash before operations resumed. The Associated Press contributed to

this report.